Mother Teresa of Kolkata has been memorialized throughout the world in recognition of her work with the poor. During her lifetime this commemoration often took the form of awards and honorary degrees bestowed upon her. She has also been memorialized through museums and dedications of churches, roads and other structures.
The Memorial House of Mother Teresa was opened in Mother Teresa's hometown of Skopje, present-day North Macedonia ( 41°59′38″N21°25′50″E / 41.993827°N 21.430689°E ). The museum has a significant selection of objects from Mother Teresa's life in Skopje and relics from her later life. In the memorial room there is a model of her family home, made by Vojo Georgievski.
Next to the memorial room, there is an area with the image of Mother Teresa as well as a memorial park and fountain.
Just at the edge of Skopje's City Mall (Gradski Trgovski Centar), is the place where the house of Mother Teresa used to stand. The memorial plaque was dedicated in March 1998 and it reads: "On this place was the house where Gondža Bojadžiu - Mother Teresa - born on 26 August 1910". Her message to the world is also inscribed: "The world is not hungry for bread, but for love."
Mother Teresa is held in high regard among Kosovars, who consider her one of their own, as she spent her childhood in Kosovo. The main street in Kosovo's capital Pristina is called Mother Teresa Street (Rruga Nëna Terezë). Zana Krasniqi, the Miss Kosovo Universe 2008, made mention of Mother Teresa, calling her a great ancestor.
On September 8–9, 2016, in commemoration of her canonization, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See hosted an exhibition focused on her life and work. Also scheduled was a conference, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN and the Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN, relative to her message to the international community. [8]
A block of Lydig Avenue, between Holland and Wallace Avenues, located in the New York City borough of the Bronx was renamed Mother Teresa Way on August 30, 2009, honoring her and the borough's growing Albanian community. [10]
The historical Park Street in Calcutta (Kolkata) has been renamed as Mother Teresa Sarani (i.e., Mother Teresa Street) in 2004.
For their first match of March 2019, the women of the United States women's national soccer team each wore a jersey with the name of a woman they were honoring on the back; McCall Zerboni chose the name of Mother Teresa. [11]
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